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9. März 2024 · The “beauty” of Joséphine Bonaparte, the first wife of Emperor Napoleon, has been a topic of discussion for years. While the painters of her time portrayed her as a captivating woman, several writers of modern times have described her as a person with not-so-alluring features, which include her unappealing teeth. The beautiful Vanessa Kirby’s portrayal […]
27. März 2022 · Did Josephine have black teeth? Source states that “her blackened and rotting teeth were a direct result of the sugar-saturated cuisine consumed during her childhood” in Martinique. The 1814 painting and perhaps the one by Gérard suggest a fuller face than the rest, which indicate more of a V-shape.
- She Was A Force of Nature
- She Was A Rose by Any Other Name
- She Came from Afar
- She Was Part of A Shameful Trade
- They Were on The Brink
- He Passed Over Her
- She Was Too Old
- She Lost Her Sister
- She Was The Last One Standing
- She Said Goodbye to Everything She Knew
There are few love stories as passionate—or as twisted—as the one between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine. Napoleon was easily as obsessed with her as he was with his tenuous grip on the French crown. But when it comes to Josephine, the drama began long before her relationship with him—and it didn’t stop after they separated. In fact, Napoleon is ...
Though the history books often refer to her to Empress Josephine or Josephine de Beauharnais, “Josephine” was only a name she took around the time she met Napoleon. Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pageriereally just went by “Rose” most of the time. And, much like her name, Josephine ended up very, very far from where she started. François Gérard, ...
Josephine was born thousands of miles away from the kingdom she would eventually come to rule over, on the island of Martinique in the West Indies. Though they had European roots, her family had been in the Caribbean for two generations and had made quite a fortune there. Sadly, there was a dark side to this success story. Guillaume Guillon-Lethièr...
Josephine and her two little sisters Catherine and Marie were mostly raised by a nurse named Marion—but she was not there voluntarily. Like many of the people who worked at the Tascher de La Pagerie home, Marion was enslaved. The family business was a sugarcane plantation that used slave labor. Though they made a fortune from their business, you co...
Sure, Josephine’s father Joseph-Gaspard had the sugar plantation, as well as a position as intendant of Martinique and a small pension from work he’d done for the French royal family. But it wasn’t enough. He was often ill and teetering toward bankruptcy. A series of hurricanes had damaged their property and they were struggling. Josephine’s educat...
Joseph-Gaspard’s sister Marie popped up and presented her brother with what she saw as the opportunity of a lifetime. She was the mistress to a rich Naval officerwhose youngest son Alexandre was an eligible bachelor. Though Josephine was the eldest daughter, Alexandre passed her over—and the reason why was brutal. Unknown Author, Wikimedia Commons
Alexandre de Beauharnais, all of 17 years old, thought that 15-year-old Josephine was too old for him. As a result, he set his sights on Josephine’s 13-year-old sister Catherine. Ouch. They courted, and eventually, Alexandre’s father extended a proposal to her. However, both families were in for a major plot twist. Georges Rouget, Wikimedia Commons
When Josephine’s family finally received the letter from Alexandre’s father containing the marriage proposal for Catherine, they didn’t celebrate. In fact, they were in mourning—as a dire tragedy had struck. Catherine haddied suddenly. Unperturbed, the de Beauharnais family asked Joseph-Gaspard for the hand of his youngest daughter, Marie. But of c...
Though Joseph-Gaspard was happy to kowtow to the demands of the de Beauharnais family, his wife and the girl’s grandmother were aghast that he’d let his 11-year-old daughter marry a 17-year-old. That left one last option: Josephine. This was certainly not the fairy tale romance that a young girl dreams of—but she didn’t really have a choice in the ...
In 1779, Josephine left the only home she’d ever known to marry a stranger—albeit, one who’d been attempting to romance different members of her family for the past couple of years. She traveled to Europe with her father for the wedding and prepared to face a new life in France. Josephine was certainly plucky—but there was no way she could’ve prepa...
27. Nov. 2023 · Josephine Bonaparte had bad oral health so her teeth were pitch black. Source: Mental Floss. Josephine's teeth problems were most likely caused by a combination of circumstances, including a poor diet, a lack of dental hygiene, and the use of severe dental procedures. There was no effective therapy for dental rot at that period, and ...
16. Nov. 2023 · Ahead of the release of Ridley Scott’s biopic Napoleon, here are 11 facts about Joséphine de Beauharnais, the woman who, for 14 years, stood in the emperor’s shadow. 1. Joséphine de ...
Joséphine Bonaparte ( French: [ʒozefin bɔnapaʁt], born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was Empress of the French as the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810. As Napoleon's consort, she was also Queen of Italy from 26 May 1805 until the ...
Napoleon Bonaparte's wife Josephine famously had black teeth from the high sugar diet of her Caribbean childhood. For this reason, she perfected a close lipped smile. My question is why she didn't have her blackened teeth removed and replaced by dentures?
